Stefano Fregni is an actor who brings a unique presence to the world of Italian horror cinema. In The Mother of Tears (2007), he plays a significant role that contributes to the film's unsettling atmosphere, part of Dario Argento's notorious trilogy. While little biographical information is available, his involvement in this film places him within the cult cinematic conversation, connecting him to a lineage of artists who explore the darker sides of storytelling. Fregni's performance adds to the film's exploration of the macabre, solidifying his place in the realm of exploitation cinema.
The Mother of Tears
While excavating outside of a cemetery in the countryside, the workers accidentally find the coffin of the noble Oscar de la Vallée chained to a small urn buried since 1815. Monsignor Brusca orders to rebury the coffin inside the cemetery and sends the sealed urn to the director of the Museum of Ancient Art in Rome, Michael Pierce, who is an expert in mysticism and occult science, to confirm his fears. However, Michael's assistant Giselle Mares decides to open the urn with the student of Art Restoration and Archeology and Michael's lover Sarah Mandy. While opening, she hurts her finger and drops blood on a magic red tunic, resurrecting the evil witch Mater Lachrymarum, who immediately spreads a wave of violence, death and destruction in Rome and attracts witches from everywhere. While visiting Padre Johannes seeking answers, Sarah meets Marta Calussi that tells that Mater Lachrymarum is trying to bring the second age of witches after the falling of Rome with chaos and human despair. Further, Sarah's mother was a powerful white witch that dared to fight against the evil black witch and Sarah has inherited her abilities and is the last hope to stop the evil witch.
